Installing programs in fedora - firefox

[Angelo Moreschini]

Hi,

recently I re installed firefox (in order to have the new firefox 49).

Till now, to install programs, I always used yum or rpm, and never I used
the .tar file.

After I unpacked the .tar file, I was immediately able to run the new
version of firefox simply creating a new symbolic link point to the new
version to the file executable, *without changing anything in the files**
unpacked files inside the directory where I dowloaded **the file .tar**
(/home/my_dir/Downloads)*.

That is very simple as it is also very good …

But I am asking to myself if I really made all in the right way....

Of course, in order to use an application, it is enough to run the
executable file -

But, under usual conditions, they are many other files that support the
installation...

Generally they are not inside the directory where I unpacked the .tar
file,–

Generally they are put in some appropriate directories.... and I didn't
change anything never I modified or move files after I unpacked files in
the original directory .

The organization of the programs, inside the directories of the computer,
is managed by the programs that manage the installation... and in my case I
didn't make anything..

So I would ask what is the correct way to arrange files after to unpack the
.tar file for a program like firefox.

Thank you

regards

Angelo

[Ed Greshko]

On 09/29/16 21:49, Angelo Moreschini wrote:
> recently I re installed firefox (in order to have the new firefox 49).
>
> Till now, to install programs, I always used yum or rpm, and never I used the .tar file.

You seem to be getting firefox directly from Mozilla?

Why are you not using firefox from the fedora repos?

If you're on F24 the most current version is firefox-49.0-2.fc24.

Isn't that sufficient?

[Angelo Moreschini]

thank you to answering me,

I re installed firefox because it didn't work for all the graphic plugins
that was required ....

(before that with the .tar file) I tried also with yum to get the file from
repository, but I get only a old version that didn't solve my problem...
And using .tar file I get -firefox 49- that run all the graphic plug in
that I need..

I use Fedora 21, and I wouldn't TRY to re install fedora in order to change
only firefox...

--------------------------
Looking on the web, I think it can exist a file (like make or config) that
arrange to finish the installation...
But I cannot know what is tis file

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Ed Greshko  wrote:
> On 09/29/16 21:49, Angelo Moreschini wrote:
> > recently I re installed firefox (in order to have the new firefox 49).
> >
> > Till now, to install programs, I always used yum or rpm, and never I
>
> used the .tar file.
> >
>
> You seem to be getting firefox directly from Mozilla?
>
> Why are you not using firefox from the fedora repos?
>
> If you're on F24 the most current version is firefox-49.0-2.fc24.
>
> Isn't that sufficient?
>
> --
> You're Welcome Zachary Quinto
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[Angelo Moreschini]

they are some files that could do what I need,  to finish the installation :

- run-mozilla.sh
   - updater.ini
   - precomplete

but I am not sure about they really do...

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 5:30 PM, Angelo Moreschini <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> thank you to answering me,
>
> I re installed firefox because it didn't work for all the graphic plugins
> that was required ....
>
> (before that with the .tar file) I tried also with yum to get the file
> from repository, but I get only a old version that didn't solve my
> problem... And using .tar file I get -firefox 49- that run all the graphic
> plug in that I need..
>
> I use Fedora 21, and I wouldn't TRY to re install fedora in order to
> change only firefox...
>
> Looking on the web, I think it can exist a file (like make or config) that
> arrange to finish the installation...
> But I cannot know what is tis file
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Ed Greshko 
> wrote:
> > On 09/29/16 21:49, Angelo Moreschini wrote:
> > > recently I re installed firefox (in order to have the new firefox 49).
> > >
> > > Till now, to install programs, I always used yum or rpm, and never I
> >
> > used the .tar file.
> > >
> >
> > You seem to be getting firefox directly from Mozilla?
> >
> > Why are you not using firefox from the fedora repos?
> >
> > If you're on F24 the most current version is firefox-49.0-2.fc24.
> >
> > Isn't that sufficient?
> >
> > --
> > You're Welcome Zachary Quinto
> > _______________________________________________
> > users mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2016-09-29 at 17:30 +0300, Angelo Moreschini wrote:
> I use Fedora 21, and I wouldn't TRY to re install fedora in order to change
> only firefox...

You should. F21 was EOLed over a year ago so it has significant
security bugs that will not be fixed. You really ought to upgrade to at
least F23. If that isn't feasible, you need to ask yourself why you're
using Fedora rather than some other distro.

poc

[François Patte]

Le 29/09/2016 16:30, Angelo Moreschini a écrit :
> thank you to answering me,
>
> I re installed firefox because it didn't work for all the graphic
> plugins that was required ....
>
> (before that with the .tar file) I tried also with yum to get the file
> from repository, but I get only a old version that didn't solve my
> problem... And using .tar file I get -firefox 49- that run all the
> graphic plug in that I need..
>
> I use Fedora 21, and I wouldn't TRY to re install fedora in order to
> change only firefox...

As root, unpack the tar archive in /usr/local, then create a simlink in
/usr/local/bin pointing to /usr/local/firefox/firefox

[Angelo Moreschini]

Hi Francois,

I also thought something like what you said...,

but I took a look to the unpacked files  ...
.... there I found some files that look to be able to work good in order to
configure firefox...:

- updater.ini
   - updater
   - precomplete
   - removed-files
   - platform.ini
   - ...............

....
*(for example)... **the content of the file precomplete* is this :

================================
remove "updater.ini"
remove "updater"
remove "run-mozilla.sh"
remove "removed-files"
remove "precomplete"
remove "plugin-container"
remove "platform.ini"
remove "omni.ja"
remove "libxul.so"
remove "libssl3.so"
remove "libsoftokn3.so"
remove "libsoftokn3.chk"
remove "libsmime3.so"
remove "libplds4.so"
remove "libplc4.so"
..............................
,.............................
rmdir "icons/"
rmdir "gtk2/"
rmdir "gmp-clearkey/0.1/"
rmdir "gmp-clearkey/"
rmdir "dictionaries/"
rmdir "defaults/pref/"
..............................
,.............................
===========================
are you sure that simply unpack the files in /usr/local is the best way to
arrange the installation ?

thank you

Angelo

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 6:59 PM, François Patte <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Le 29/09/2016 16:30, Angelo Moreschini a écrit :
> > thank you to answering me,
> >
> > I re installed firefox because it didn't work for all the graphic
> > plugins that was required ....
> >
> > (before that with the .tar file) I tried also with yum to get the file
> > from repository, but I get only a old version that didn't solve my
> > problem... And using .tar file I get -firefox 49- that run all the
> > graphic plug in that I need..
> >
> > I use Fedora 21, and I wouldn't TRY to re install fedora in order to
> > change only firefox...
>
> As root, unpack the tar archive in /usr/local, then create a simlink in
> /usr/local/bin pointing to /usr/local/firefox/firefox
>
> --
> François Patte
> UFR de mathématiques et informatique
> Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145
> Université Paris Descartes
> 45, rue des Saints Pères
> F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
> Tél. [phone]
> http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
>
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[Angelo Moreschini]

I found somethig interesting to this link :
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-version

Update Firefox to the latest version

By default, Firefox is set to automatically update itself but you can
always do a manual update. Here's how:
*Note:* If you use your Linux distribution's packaged version of Firefox,
you will need to wait for an updated package to be released to its package
repository.
This article only applies if you installed Firefox manually (without using
your distribution's package manager).
- Click the menu button [image: New Fx Menu] , click help [image: Help-29]
and select About Firefox.
- The *About Firefox* window will open and Firefox will begin checking for
updates and downloading them automatically. When the updates are ready to
be installed, click Restart Firefox to Update.

======================
I already updated manually firefox so it doesn't work anymore for me.
But perhaps can be good for other people.

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Angelo Moreschini <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hi Francois,
>
> I also thought something like what you said...,
>
> but I took a look to the unpacked files  ...
> .... there I found some files that look to be able to work good in order
> to configure firefox...:
> updater.ini
> updater
> precomplete
> removed-files
> platform.ini
> ...............
>
> ....
> *(for example)... **the content of the file precomplete* is this :
>
> ================================
> remove "updater.ini"
> remove "updater"
> remove "run-mozilla.sh"
> remove "removed-files"
> remove "precomplete"
> remove "plugin-container"
> remove "platform.ini"
> remove "omni.ja"
> remove "libxul.so"
> remove "libssl3.so"
> remove "libsoftokn3.so"
> remove "libsoftokn3.chk"
> remove "libsmime3.so"
> remove "libplds4.so"
> remove "libplc4.so"
> ..............................
> ,.............................
> rmdir "icons/"
> rmdir "gtk2/"
> rmdir "gmp-clearkey/0.1/"
> rmdir "gmp-clearkey/"
> rmdir "dictionaries/"
> rmdir "defaults/pref/"
> ..............................
> ,.............................
> ===========================
> are you sure that simply unpack the files in /usr/local is the best way to
> arrange the installation ?
>
> thank you
>
> Angelo
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 6:59 PM, François Patte <francois.patte@mi.
> parisdescartes.fr> wrote:
> > Le 29/09/2016 16:30, Angelo Moreschini a écrit :
> > > thank you to answering me,
> > >
> > > I re installed firefox because it didn't work for all the graphic
> > > plugins that was required ....
> > >
> > > (before that with the .tar file) I tried also with yum to get the file
> > > from repository, but I get only a old version that didn't solve my
> > > problem... And using .tar file I get -firefox 49- that run all the
> > > graphic plug in that I need..
> > >
> > > I use Fedora 21, and I wouldn't TRY to re install fedora in order to
> > > change only firefox...
> >
> > As root, unpack the tar archive in /usr/local, then create a simlink in
> > /usr/local/bin pointing to /usr/local/firefox/firefox
> >
> > --
> > François Patte
> > UFR de mathématiques et informatique
> > Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145
> > Université Paris Descartes
> > 45, rue des Saints Pères
> > F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
> > Tél. [phone]
> > http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
> >
> > users mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]